Portimão weather by month & the best time to visit
🇵🇹 Portugal · seaside town · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Portimão is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with June and August close behind. Portimão averages about 3,196 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,196
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 584 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 19°C / 66°F
- Population
- 38k
- Elevation
- Sea level
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When is the best time to visit Portimão?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Portimão is July, then June and August. The dullest month is January (51/100, 55 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Portimão?
Portimão is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,196 hours of sunshine a year. 47 Sunshine Score points separate July (98) from January (51), so the month you pick matters. Portimão is the sunniest of the 19 destinations tracked in Portugal. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around November, carries about 44% of the annual 584 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51 | 15° / 59°F | 12° / 54°F | 55 mm | 2 | 16° / 61°F |
| February | 51 | 15° / 59°F | 12° / 54°F | 54 mm | 3 | 17° / 63°F |
| March | 57 | 16° / 61°F | 13° / 55°F | 72 mm | 5 | 15° / 59°F |
| April | 71 | 18° / 64°F | 14° / 57°F | 71 mm | 6 | 17° / 63°F |
| May | 91 | 20° / 68°F | 16° / 61°F | 38 mm | 8 | 16° / 61°F |
| June | 97 | 22° / 72°F | 18° / 64°F | 8 mm | 9 | 18° / 64°F |
| July | 98 | 24° / 75°F | 18° / 64°F | 1 mm | 9 | 17° / 63°F |
| August | 97 | 25° / 77°F | 19° / 66°F | 4 mm | 8 | 17° / 63°F |
| September | 94 | 23° / 73°F | 19° / 66°F | 24 mm | 6 | 17° / 63°F |
| October | 84 | 22° / 72°F | 18° / 64°F | 78 mm | 4 | 18° / 64°F |
| November | 66 | 18° / 64°F | 15° / 59°F | 101 mm | 2 | 19° / 66°F |
| December | 56 | 16° / 61°F | 14° / 57°F | 78 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
Sea temperature in Portimão by month
The sea off Portimão is warmest in November at around 19°C / 66°F, and coolest in March at 15°C / 59°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Faro Portugal · 56 km · best in Jul · 3,157 h sun/yr
- Lisbon Portugal · 188 km · best in Jul · 2,985 h sun/yr
- Jerez de la Frontera Spain · 229 km · best in Jun · 3,263 h sun/yr
- Seville Spain · 240 km · best in May · 3,167 h sun/yr
- Tangier Morocco · 286 km · best in Jun · 3,005 h sun/yr
- Gibraltar Gibraltar · 309 km · best in Jun · 3,134 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Cascais Portugal · 188 km · 2,985 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Badajoz Spain · 248 km · 3,143 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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